Biography & Autobiography
Up from Slavery: An Autobiography (version 3)
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Booker T. Washington
Up from Slavery is the autobiography of American educator Booker T. Washington, describing his personal path up from the position of a slave…
Lord Kitchener
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G. K. Chesterton
“The paradox of all this part of his life lies in this--that, destined as he was to be the greatest enemy of Mahomedanism, he was quite exce…
Jock of the Bushveld
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Sir James Percy Fitzpatrick
Jock of the Bushveld is a true story by South African author Sir Percy Fitzpatrick when he worked as a storeman, prospector's assistant, jou…
John Quincy Adams
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John T. Morse
This biography contains three main sections. the first covers Adams's early years and his time as a diplomat--both in America and overseas. …
Florence Nightingale the Angel of the Crimea
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Laura E. Richards and Laura E. Howe Richards
One evening, some time after the great Crimean War of 1854-55, a company of military and naval officers met at dinner in London. They were t…
Four American Indians: King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola
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Edson L. Whitney
Four American Indians by Edson L. Whitney and Frances M. Perry, gives a short history of King Philip, Sachem of the Wampanoags; Pontiac, an …
The Story of My Misfortunes (or: Historia Calamitatum)
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Pierre Abélard
Autobiographies from remote historical periods can be especially fascinating.Modes of self-presentation vary greatly across the centuries, a…
Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews
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Mark Twain
This collection of the 258 known, publicly-printed interviews of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) was compiled by Gary Scharnhorst and …
A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis, A Colored Man
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Noah Davis
The object of the writer, in preparing this account of himself, is toRAISE SUFFICIENT MEANS TO FREE HIS LAST TWO CHILDREN FROM SLAVERY.Havin…
Lives of Girls Who Became Famous
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Sarah Knowles Bolton
This book is a collection of short biographies of notable women, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louisa May Alcott, Florence Nightingale, a…
My Bondage and My Freedom
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Frederick Douglass
The life of Frederick Douglass, recorded in the pages which follow, is not merely an example of self elevation under the most adverse circum…
Martin Luther
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Carl E. Koppenhaver
This short, engaging volume summarizes the life of a priest who, intending to spark a lively academic debate by nailing 95 theses on a churc…
Behind the Scenes
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Elizabeth Keckley
This is the autobiography of Elizabeth Keckley, a former slave who bought her freedom with the money she earned as a seamstress. She eventua…
The Life of Saint Paul
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Frances Alice Forbes
A short biography of Saint Paul, the Apostle of the Gentiles, from the time of his persecution of the Christians to his martyrdom. (Summary …
The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career
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Lucy Maud Montgomery
L.M. Montgomery's autobiography highlighting her childhood and early literary career. Published in 1917 after she had written several novels…
Great Englishwomen
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M. B. Synge
Great Englishwomen is a collection of biographies of some of the greatest women in England's history. Women who were leaders of their countr…
The Jefferson Bible - The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth
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Thomas Jefferson
The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, commonly referred to as the Jefferson Bible, was a book constructed by Thomas Jefferson in the lat…
Ambassador Morgenthau's Story
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Henry Morgenthau
Ambassador Morgenthau’s memoirs of his years in the service of the United States in Constantinople, (today Istanbul), are an important prima…
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 4
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Giorgio Vasari
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de' più eccellenti…
The Lincoln Story Book
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Henry L. Williams
Subtitle: A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Fo…